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Species

The species plants are the ones found
in the wild. We detail them in the section
Daylily Types.
They are very hardy, bloom profusely and can frequently be used as
part of an overall display. The only one we recommend not ever being
used is the H fulva Europa, the common daylily, it is an invasive
weed. As such it is fine for filling in barren spots. We used it to
fill in hill sides and swamp areas. It takes flooding and drought,
it takes foot traffic, and it seems to propagate better than
crabgrass. So beware. We have spent many days this summer of 2007
digging out the old Europas from twenty years ago.

The Table below is a summary of the species we have been growing.
Again beware that there is a great deal of variability within
species and sometimes even less across the species. They cross
hybridize an one may not have the exact species as in nature. This
table has been prepared from what we have in the summer of 2007 and
one should consider it a work in progress. Plodek's site has a great
deal of detail and he has on that site a paper in seed pod
comparison. We have found that the pods vary from location to
location and from season to season on the same plant. There are
certain "tell-tale" signs but try not to look for distinct
differences.

which contains many we have. The problem with the species is that
there is variability. The question is what is variability and what
is a fundamental difference. I spent a few years studying
systematics and decades on pattern recognition and frankly I can
always be surprised. Plodek has been a standard I have used since he
has extensive field experience.

For example we see H citrina variability but it is nocturnal and
highly fragrant. This list adds coreana to it. H coreana as we have
it, from Apps and others, is sessile diurnal and not fragrant. We do
not see H aurantiaca, not a fulva, but a separate reddish species
whose roots are not as bulb like. H altissima is a tall yellow with
some fragrance. The List calls it a H citrina. Now I have these
plants side by side and root by root, and unless my pattern
recognition systems are amiss they are not the same. This list is
supposed to be "the list" but the more I study it and compare it to
others the more I am concerned. I have not changed any plant labels.

The following are some details. We suggest those interested look
at the details in the Book on Hemerocallis.

Altissima

The altissima is a very tall daylily and mine reach well over 5'.

The picture to the left depicts the H
altissima we have been growing for several years. It is most likely
a variant because of the throat coloration. H altissima generally is
tall, late blooming, branched, and all light yellow. In a
correspondence with Dr. Plodek it seems that this is most likely
Autumn Minaret, which is a Stout hybrid of H altissima X H fulva.
The other H altissima which I have are pure yellow which seems to be
what is agreed to be true altissima. This plant is truly the tallest
we have.

Aurantiaca

H. auritaniaca is a very hardy and persistent flowerer. I have
been using it to cross with some diploids to try to get the strong
flowering characteristic.

Citrina

This is the budding and flowers. The tips of the buds are dark
color, almost a dark reddish in coloration. The seed pods also have
that color as well. The plant shows good branching.

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